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Iceland Rescue

Paul Smith ventures out on call in the highlands with Ice-SAR: Iceland鈥檚 search and rescue volunteers

A family stranded in a snowfield. A woman with vertigo on a mountain. A hiker falling in lava. These are just some of the jobs for Slysavarnaf茅lagi冒 Landsbj枚rg (Ice-SAR): the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue. Ice-SAR is an elite national emergency militia with a gallant reputation in Iceland. In place of an army, its skilled volunteers, all unpaid, are expertly trained, well equipped, self-financed and self-sufficient.

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